# Killing of Karen Wheeler

Unsolved homicide · 1991 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

On Wednesday, January 16, 1991, a construction worker discovered a green canvass military style duffle bag lying in a ditch along the 700 block of General Booth Blvd. less than a mile from the Virginia Marine Science Museum which was under construction at the time. The bag was opened and the gruesome discovery of a human body inside. The body was identified as Karen Ann Wheeler. Karen Wheeler had last been seen on…

Original record: https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=1784
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-karen-wheeler-va1784

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## Sources

1. Virginia State Police record, https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=1784


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